SOC 1005 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: The Sociological Imagination, Auguste Comte, Social Darwinism
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Sociologists would reform society, making it a better place to live i: founder of sociology, herbert spencer and social darwinism, second founder of sociology, he said that sociologists should not guide social reform. Judgement day: they begin to live frugal lives, saving their money and investing it in order to make even more (spirit of capitalism, this brought about the birth of capitalism. Chapter 1: the sociological perspective study guide: karl marx and class conflict. Sociology in north america: sexism at the time: women in early sociology, very few, most early female sociologists viewed sociology as a path to social reform, racism at the time: w. e. b. Chapter 1: the sociological perspective study guide i. Functions can help keep a group in balance. If an action is intended to help some part of a system, it is a manifest function: latent functions are unintended consequences that help a system.
